Four-time Grand Slam champion Jannik Sinner will not be part of the Italy team aiming to clinch a third consecutive Davis Cup title next month.
The 24-year-old reached all four Grand Slam singles finals in 2025, winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and won the Six Kings Slam exhibition event in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
Sinner is scheduled to take part in the ATP Tour Finals in Turin from 9-16 November, but Italy captain Filippo Volandri said the world number two had “not given his availability” to play at the Davis Cup in Bologna from 18-23 November.
World number one Carlos Alcaraz has been named in Spain’s team.
Lorenzo Musetti and Flavio Cobolli, eighth and 22nd in the world respectively, will be the highest-ranked singles players on show for Italy, who face Austria in their quarter-final.
Volandri said: “The Davis Cup is, and will remain, always his home and I am sure that Jannik will soon be part of the team again.
“In the meantime, I can count on a group ready to fight and give everything for the blue jersey.”
Sinner’s absence comes after several players voiced concerns about a demanding tennis calendar in recent weeks.
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